In addition, the Germans (particularly the farmers) wouldn't initially know what the cakes were. It would take them some time to realize that it's anthrax, and by that point plenty of animals would already be infected. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, the anthrax would stick around after the cakes...
The strain of anthrax that the British used was a deadly strain known as Vollum 14578. The reason we know that it is so deadly is because of tests that were done, including those carried out by the British on Gruinard Island during WWII. In fact, the British proved unable to clean Gruinard...
Zhirinovsky on his heritage:
"Why should I reject Russian blood, Russian culture, Russian land, and fall in love with the Jewish people only because of that single drop of blood that my father left in my mother's body?"
So Zhirinovsky at least at one point did not consider himself Jewish (he's...
The portrayal of Gerhard Frey here is extremely inaccurate. As proof, let's look at some of the people and groups Frey associated with IOTL:
Noted Holocaust deniers David Irving, Gerard Menuhin, and Arthur Butz (one of Frey's newspapers even serialized Butz's book "The Hoax of the 20th...
You keep saying that, but Peiper was Himmler's personal adjutant. He was responsible for the Melmady Massacre, for which he spent 11.5 years in prison. He also massacred several villages during the war, helped create and implement the SS policies to control Poland, and accompanied Himmler on...
Let's look at the roots of Hitler's racism (just to be clear: all of these theories are complete horseshit. But they're relevant to understanding the Holocaust):
1. 19th century racial science: According to some racial scientists of the time period both French and Germans were part of the Aryan...
Why exactly are people thinking about revolting under Wallace? The usual factors that lead to a revolt are either disasters like a bad economy/losing a war, or people get fed up with the current system and see no other way to change it. Neither of those exist under Wallace. At the time of FDR's...
There are several issues that would eventually bring down the Third Reich (note: I'm assuming victory means that German territory stretches from the English Channel to the A-A Line):
1. The economy. The Nazi economy was based on looting and slave labor. Once they stop conquering they will start...
Why would the Soviets invade Iran in 1980? They're already in Afghanistan, and due in large part to this the Soviets decided to forgo invading Poland during the 1980-1981 crisis. The same logic applies here: the Soviets can't risk increased enmity with the West (and the sanctions that would...
No, the Soviets claimed to have eliminated homelessness. In reality there were homeless in the USSR, and a large number of them were alcoholics or former convicts. The Soviets also effectively criminalized homelessness by classifying the homeless as "social parasites" and declaring that systemic...
I'd also add to this that in a lot of cases where criticism is offered the author simply rejects it. This leads to those who have criticisms of the TL deciding not to air them and just ignore the TL altogether. After all, if the author isn't interested in criticism there's really no point in...
He secretly joined them in the early 60s, but as @Callan said it wasn't because he was a full-blown Communist. In addition the ANC and the South African Communist Party were allied in the struggle against apartheid, and several major members of the ANC/Umkhonto we Sizwe were members of the SACP...
If a Soviet leader post-Stalin became paralyzed over what to do the Politburo would tell him. The moment the Politburo heard that Czechoslovakia was sounding out NATO they would go to Khrushchev and say "Look Nikita Sergeyevich, we're invading Czechoslovakia. Are you with the program or do you...
At his autopsy doctors found that King's had the heart of a 60 year old man (he died at 39). I agree that he wouldn't live that long, probably until the 1970s at most.
To support this: Gallup polls in 1966 (the last year they asked people about their opinion of King) showed that 32% of the country had a favorable opinion of him, while 63% had a negative opinion. Just 2 years earlier it was 41% positive and 39% negative. Once King started talking about systemic...